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celandine_g

My Mom

Sep 21, 2006 18:08

I want to thank everyone who has left their lovely, supporting messages of condolence on the death of my mom last Tuesday night at the age of 89. I can’t tell you how much it means. And I also thank Emma, Chloe, Shinta, and Claudia for posting about it on their journals. (((hugs you all)))

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trianne September 21 2006, 22:40:44 UTC

I found this a really moving, loving tribute to someone very special. Thank you so much for sharing with us. If I didn't already treasure my own mum and dad (both in their 80s), then this surely would remind me to. *hugs*

celandine_g September 22 2006, 06:55:50 UTC

Yes, indeed, they are to be treasured. I am so happy to have had my mom for so long--and most of the time was very happy and those are the times I will remember. Thanks again for your kind thoughts.

claudia603 September 21 2006, 22:47:55 UTC

What a beautiful tribute! She sounds like a lovely lady.

*hugs you a lot*

celandine_g September 22 2006, 06:57:29 UTC

(((hugs))) you. Thanks for all your kind posts and thoughts. I am so very grateful for your friendship.

claudia603 September 23 2006, 01:21:56 UTC

And *another hug* today...

shirebound September 21 2006, 22:48:20 UTC

What a lovely tribute, dear one. My mom is in her mid-70's and my dad is nearing 80, and I try to cherish each day I still have them in this world with me.

♥

celandine_g September 22 2006, 07:00:05 UTC

Absolutely. Sometimes we have to give a lot extra to make them comfortable and happy and it isn't always easy with our busy lives--but the legacy of wonderful memories more than makes up for it.

unhobbityhobbit September 21 2006, 23:06:26 UTC

You are very lucky to have had her. And this was a wonderful tribute to her. I can only hope that I will be as grateful for my dad as you are for your mother.

*many, many hugs*

celandine_g September 22 2006, 07:07:17 UTC

Thank-you unhobbity. You can have hundreds of friends and acquaintences but parents are so very special in one's lives. I was thinking about that all day today and the very special place my mom (and dad) had in my life. I will always try to live my life in a way that would make them proud--not because they told me what to do, they didn't, but because the showed me how to live by their own example.

(((many hugs back))) Thanks so much for your kind comments.

frodoslegacy September 22 2006, 00:01:38 UTC

I feel as if I got to know your mom a little--and you even more--through this moving tribute to her. It sounds like she had a long and fulfilling life. It must have been very hard for you when she was in the later stages of her illness, but it's very good you were able to be there in her final days. I'm sure it meant a lot to you both.

Hospice people are amazing, aren't they? Two of the most extraordinary people I've ever met were there in my dad's final 24 hours with me. One has his cat now. It made me feel much better to know that they'd been there for him over the past year, loving and caring for him, even when I couldn't be.

*Hugs*

celandine_g September 22 2006, 07:13:24 UTC

Thanks again, Kris, I'm glad you enjoyed this. It was very therapeutic to write it.

Yes, I was so impressed by the hospice people--incredible the way they support both the dying person and the family. I noticed how both the chaplin and the nurse reached out to me but never overstepped their bounds. It was very comforting and so nice to talk with them about mom as I was sitting with her. I was so happy that she had them to interact with during her final weeks. It was a tremedous comfort.

(((hugs back)))